Metro Show Features a Lively Lecture and Booth Talk Schedule

17-Jan-2012

FAIR TO HOST THE U.S. LAUNCH OF THE BOOKS OF EVERYTHING A LIMITED EDITION SERIES CREATED BY THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING

NEW YORK – When the Metro Show opens to the public on January 19 through 22, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street in New York, guests will not simply just see an alluring selection of fine and decorative arts, they will also have the unique opportunity to learn more about the periods featured — directly from the experts who are exhibiting at the show.

Of particular note, James Brett, the British founder of London’s internationally acclaimed The Museum of Everything, will launch the previously unavailable “The Books of Everything” at a talk, followed by a Q&A, and book-signing. Garnering international acclaim and recognition for its unconventional approach to presenting art, this unique museum is the world’s first wandering space for non-traditional art from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, and collaborates with contemporary artists, curators, musicians and thinkers. Plan visits to these booths during the Metro Show to expand your knowledge about the illustrious pieces and periods showcased.



Preview Walking Tour of The Metro Show led by Johanna McBrien, Editor-in-Chief, Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
Location:	Metropolitan Pavilion
Cost:	$30 per person. Includes a light breakfast.
Time:	9:30-10:45 am
Korin Furuya Pattern design from New Ocean of Art, 1903 Japanese woodblock print; ink, color, and metallic pigments on paper Yukiko Koide Presents	A special opportunity to tour The Metro Show before it opens to the public. Meet at the info desk. Limited availability. Register for this event by January 16. REGISTER AND SUBMIT PAYMENT HERE Johanna McBrien is founding editor-in-chief of Antiques & Fine Art Magazine (est. 2000). Entering the museum field nearly thirty-years ago, she has since taught courses on the history of interiors, decorative arts, and furniture; contributed to scholarly publications; been a furniture specialist at Christie’s New York, Northeast Auctions, and with Wayne Pratt Antiques; editor of AntiquesAmerica.com; and is a USPAP-certified appraiser. She is on the boards of the Decorative Arts Trust, Gore Place, Society of Winterthur Fellows, and sits on the National Council of Historic New England and Strawbery Banke Museum; she is also the Antiques & Art Circle leader for Gozaic.com, the historic travel website for the National Trust.


Book Signing
Location:	Clifford A. Wallach Tramp Art, Folk Art & Americana Booth 105
Time:	1:30-1:45 pm
	Author Clifford A. Wallach signs his new book *A Legacy in Tramp Art* (Schiffer Books, 2012). In over 600 color photos, this book presents historical images and introduces newly discovered artists of tramp art, complete with their known biographies. Also discussed are the collectors who cherished and brought tramp art into their lives.
John Garner Painted Tramp Art Wall Pocket c.1876 Clifford A. Wallach Tramp Art, Folk Art & Americana

ART Talk
Location:	Hill Gallery Booth 305
Time:	2:00-2:15 pm
	*Intersections: Contemporary, Tribal and Folk Art* A conversation with Tim Hill.
Artist Unknown End of the World Prophecy Chart, dated 1854 New England origin oil on canvas Hill Gallery

ART Talk
Location:	Carl Hammer Gallery Booth 403
Time:	2:30-2:45 pm
	GENIUS TRUMPS AFFLICTION: Spiritual Revelations by Bill Traylor, Joseph Yoakum and Frank Jones Carl Hammer discusses the disadvantaged lives of these three men, acknowledging their artistic triumphs over the adversity each experienced as black men in America.
Bill Traylor Peg-Legged Man c. 1939-42 Pencil and poster paint on found cardboard Carl Hammer Gallery


ART Talk
Location:	Cavin-Morris Gallery Booth 410
Time:	3:00-3:15 pm
	Yugen: The Aesthetic of Mystery Randall Morris discusses the appreciation of art and design and non-mainstream art forms in terms of less definable concepts like mystery, impermanence and non-artworld intentionality.
Charissa Brock Cobalt 2011 Black bamboo, glass, waxed linen thread Cavin-Morris Gallery

Book Signing
Location:	Intuit: Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art Booth 206
Time:	3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
	Author Charles Russell signing his latest work, Groundwaters: a Century of Art by Self-Taught and Outsider Artists, (Prestel Verlag,2011). Groundwaters brings together works by 12 of the most influential self-taught artists to emerge during the past century. Each represents a facet of the outsider art phenomenon, from mental patients like Adolf Wölfli and Martin Ramirez, through vernacular masters like Bill Traylor and Thornton Dial, to artists who seem to be in touch with other worlds, such as Madge Gill and Henry Darger.
Raw Vision, winter 2011-12


ART Talk
Location:	Allan Katz Americana Booth 103
Time:	2:00-2:15 pm
	American Folk Art Sculpture: Criteria Allan Katz discusses the criteria for determining good, better and best in American folk art sculpture.
Unique Ship Weathervane c. 1888 Allan Katz Americana


ART Talk
Location:	M. Finkel & Daughter Booth 304
Time:	2:30-2:45 pm
	When I Am Dead and All My Bones Are Rotten: The Charm of American Schoolgirl Samplers Amy Finkel discusses the intriguing disjuncture in schoolgirl samplers between whimsical pictorial images and accompanying moribund poems and inscriptions.
Sarah Ralston Jones, Age 8 American Sampler c.1822 M. Finkel & Daughter


ART Talk
Location:	Ricco/Maresca Gallery Booth 106
Time:	3:00-3:15 pm
	Crossover: American Folk and Outsider Art Roger Ricco discusses the often-fine line between folk and outsider art.
Detail African-American Pictographic Kirkwood Plantation Desk/Secretary c. 1870s Mississippi Ricco/Maresca Gallery


ART Tour
Location:	Metropolitan Pavilion
Time:	4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
	The Tour of Everything A walking tour of the Metro Show with James Brett, founder of The Museum of Everything, whose shows of non-traditional art from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries have welcomed over 300,000 visitors since 2009. Meet at the Information Desk.
Bill Traylor (1854-1949) Black Dog Running circa 1939-1942 Just Folk

ART Talk & Book Signing
Location:	The Museum of Everything Booth 203
Time:	1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
	James Brett, founder of the internationally acclaimed The Museum of Everything will launch The Books of Everything at the Metro Show with a talk, followed by a Q&A and book signing. Garnering international acclaim and recognition for its unconventional approach to presenting art, this unique museum is the world’s first wandering space for non-traditional art from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, and collaborates with contemporary artists, curators, musicians and thinkers
The Books of Everything


Book Signing
Location:	Lillian Nassau Booth 501
Time:	1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
	Author Dr. Martin Eidelberg signs *Tiffany Favrile Glass and the Quest of Beauty* and Tiffany Favrile Pottery and the Quest of Beauty Dr. Martin Eidelberg is Professor emeritus of Art History, Rutgers University and has written and lectured extensively on modern decorative arts and French eighteenth-century art. He is one of the principal scholars responsible for the revival of interest in the American Arts and Crafts movement. Eidelberg has published widely on American and European glass and pottery. For several decades he has studied the career of Louis C. Tiffany and has authored several significant on the work of this American genius.
Tiffany Favrile Glass and the Quest of Beauty

ART Talk
Location:	Barry Friedman, Ltd. Booth 101
Time:	2:00-2:15 pm
	The Photographs of Michael Eastman and Arno Minkkinen Tracey Norman presents an overview of the work of photographers Michael Eastman and Arno Minkkinen.
Michael Eastman Blue Arch, Havana 2010 Barry Friedman, Ltd.


ART Talk
Location:	Galerie St. Etienne Booth 506
Time:	2:30-2:45 pm
	Collecting Work by Self-Taught Artists: Past, Present & Future Jane Kallir discusses the history of the field, and the roles played by major artists such as John Kane, Henry Darger and Grandma Moses.
Grandma Moses Stone Boat 1952 18 x 24 Galerie St. Etienne, New York © Grandma Moses Properties Co., New York


ART Talk
Location:	Stella Rubin Booth 402
Time:	3:00-3:15 pm
	American Quilts 1830 – 1930 More than cozy bedcovers, American antique quilts hold their own as abstract art, often compared to the work of 20th century artists such as Frank Stella and Josef Albers.
Satin Bars Quilt c. 1890 Pennsylvania Stella Rubin


ART Talk
Location:	Lillian Nassau Booth 501
Time:	3:30-3:45 pm
	Tiffany Meets Nakashima Arlie Sulka discusses how masterworks by Louis Comfort Tiffany and mid-century modern furniture designer George Nakashima complement one another.
Tiffany Studios Lily Pad Table Lamp c. 1906 American George Nakashima Minguen I Table c. 1977 American Lillian Nassau



Book Signing
Location:	Clifford A. Wallach Tramp Art, Folk Art & Americana Booth 105
Time:	1:30-1:45 pm
	Author Clifford A. Wallach signs his new book *A Legacy in Tramp Art* (Schiffer Books, 2012). In over 600 color photos, this book presents historical images and introduces newly discovered artists of tramp art, complete with their known biographies. Also discussed are the collectors who cherished and brought tramp art into their lives.
John Garner Painted Tramp Art Wall Pocket c.1876 Clifford A. Wallach Tramp Art, Folk Art & Americana


ART Talk
Location:	Gary R. Sullivan Antiques, Inc. Booth 200
Time:	2:00-2:20 pm
	Marvelous Machines: Examining 18th and Early 19th Century Grandfather Clocks Tips and procedures on evaluating and maintaining heirloom grandfather clocks. Gary Sullivan will disassemble a tall case clock and reveal the brass workings, which were produced by hand without benefit of power machinery or even proper lighting.
John Bailey Jr. (III) Mahogany Tall Case Clock 1819 Hanover Massachusetts Gary R. Sullivan Antiques

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